EDC 102H - Introduction of American Education

Any piece of work you don't have pride in, you need to keep working on. - Chris Sullivan quoted in Fried, 1991

Agenda - Monday, October 5, 2009

Library Workshop: How Do We Use Statistical Evidence to Describe a Community?

Reminder: We meet in the Curriculum Materials Library Today!

Announcements

Remember: We're not meeting as a class on Wednesday, but you should meet in your group to draft your community description.

Activities

Brief Overview of our Context Reports
- Resource: EDC 102H F09 Context Reports
Tour of Three Websites - Dr. Niedbala, CML Librarian.
Work in groups of 2-3 to Investigate the communities that make up the Cranston and Pawtucket school districts:
- Pawtucket Schools
  - Community Data - 02860
  - Community Data - 02861
- Cranston Public Schools
- Scituate Public Schools
  - Community Data - 02857

Due on Friday:

Present what you've learned to extend our knowledge of Savage Inequalities.
Be sure your Kozol wikipage is complete as well. (These pages are linked to the Savage Inequalities page.)
Contribute a section to our reading notes for FAE Ch 3. Consult the notes page for your assigned section.
Use your research to fill in a draft of your Community Description on URITK.